In (1) is described the new feature of openldap, which sets an
ldap option to timeout a connection to a first host and
proceed with the next one in the list.
In order for this to be usable in a user level, i.e from ldapsearch,
it should be available either in the code of the user program itself,
i.e ldapsearch.c, or in "ldap.conf".
Netscape SDK's similar feature (2), has a counterpart in "ldap.conf".
Is this to be implemented with openLDAP as well?
Thanks for your attention,
Thanos Siaperas
Network Operation Center
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
thanus (a) ccf.auth.gr
(1) New openLDAP feature: LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT (ITS#239)
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Enhancements?id=239;user=guest;selectid=239
(2) Use of "bind_timelimit" in Netscape's SDK
http://www.netsys.com/pamldap/2001/11/msg00019.html